House Bill 6381: An Act Establishing A Task Force Regarding the State Workforce and Retiring Employees, has been added to the budget implementor bill that passed the Senate. The entire bill now goes to the House of Representatives, where passage is expected.  

In addition to the passage of our bill and the 2% COLA raise that is included in the budget, Section 223 of the implementor bill outlines that managers will start to receive the same rights and benefits as collectively bargained employees and that this is now required by the Commissioner of DAS. M+E advocated for this change and we are very happy to report that this change will be effective July 1st, after passage in the House of Representatives.

Here's the latest: 

Congrats to members Audrey Strong and Kathy Woods, winners of the iPad raffle courtesy of AIG during the June General Membership Meeting!

Congratulations to our Aldine AFT member retirees! We wish you happy days in your retirement and we salute your years of service and dedication to the union and to our students.

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Please click the link, LOA - 2021 Summer School Program, to review the full agreement. 

It is the custom of RC 10 to acknowledge the winners of the annual scholarships we award at our June dinner meeting.  Unfortunately, for the last two years we have been unable to meet in person and therefore were not able to honor these recipients in the usual manner.  Please read below a short introduction to each of our winners from 2021 which would have been shared at the dinner.

Text or Other Messages Asking for Money for Bogus “Upgrade” of Retirement Plan Are Fraudulent

Article originally aired on Fox 5 Atlanta on June 4, 2021

Gwinnett, Cobb school districts face accreditation review

By Elizabeth Rawlings

Georgia’s Teacher Federation President told FOX 5 that she’s skeptical about whether the complaints are legitimate.

"I’m very suspicious when a new a board comes in and all of a sudden there is a governance problem," said Turner.